Description

Historical Places in Russia. Arsenal is a park pavilion built in 1819-1834, designed by the architects Adam Menelas and Alexander Ton. It was used as the Imperial Weapons Museum that became one of the first museums in the country. This building in the "Gothic" style, crowned with crenellated towers, is located in the center of the Alexander Park in Tsarskoye Selo - a museum-preserve in the town of Pushkin in the suburbs of St. Petersburg.